• Crowdfunding and Taxation in Switzerland Introduction Crowdfunding – i.e. raising money via online platforms – in Switzerland is still in its infancy. Although the individual forms of funding are essentially nothing new under civil law, many uncertainties remain under tax law. The main problem affecting not only those involved in the transactions (e.g. backers, recipients of the funds and brokerage […] Thomas Linder 17 min read 21. Mai 2016
  • Broadening horizons for crowdfunding platforms Equity crowdfunding platforms are joining forces more and more, in a variety of ways, with established players within the ecosystem. But could the platforms have more ambitious aims in the background? How the platforms currently make money   As you would expect, enabling investors to buy shares in fast-growing private companies is still the bread […] Pedro Madeira 6 min read 19. April 2016
  • The current state of CrowdFunding The newly pubslihed report „The Current state of Crowdfunding“  by CrowdfundingHub, the European Expertise Centre for Alternative & Community Finance, shows that in 2015 the crowdfunding industry in Europe has continued to grow and mature. The report brought together 27 national experts across Europe, and examined regulations, size of the industry, as well as the […] Ronald Kleverlaan 2 min read 31. März 2016
  • How to crowdsource the future of transportation In the barren plains of Quay Valley, CA — between Los Angeles and San Francisco — a revolutionary transportation system is breaking ground. Quay is the site for the 5-mile test track of Hyperloop, a high-speed transportation technology proposed by Tesla and PayPal Founder Elon Musk. Dubbed the fifth mode of transportation, after boats, trains, […] Andrew Deck 5 min read 23. März 2016
  • Beware of Startup Prostitution StartupBritain reports that in 2015, 608,110 new companies were incorporated in the UK, a 25.6% increase over 3 years. Some of these are businesses that don’t get lured in by the ‘startup halo’. For those that do, there is a plethora of startup pitching events, conferences, competitions, government schemes, accelerators and incubators, often promising access […] Tatiana Livesey 13 min read 19. März 2016